LED metal substrate package and method of manufacturing same

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to an LED metal substrate package, and particularly, to an LED metal substrate package having a heat dissipating structure, and a method of manufacturing same. The method comprises at least the steps of: forming at least one cavity having a groove of a predetermined depth in a metal substrate that is electrically separated by at least one vertical insulation layer, the cavity having one vertical insulation layer built in a floor thereof; treating all surfaces, except portions of the top surface of the metal substrate formed in the respective cavities, with shadow masking; removing an oxide film formed on the surface portions that have not been treated with masking; depositing an electrode layer on each of the surface portions of the oxide layer that have been removed; removing the shadow mask; performing Au/Sn soldering on the electrode layer and bonding an optical device chip; and wire bonding one electrode of the optical device, disposed on one side of the metal substrate with respect to each of the vertical insulation layers, through wires to the metal substrate disposed on the other side of each of the vertical insulation layers. The present invention forms solder using Au/Sn material, which has good heat dissipating characteristics and good bonding characteristics, on the electrode layer to bond an optical device chip, so as to have excellent heat dissipating performance compared to existing LED metal packages that use Ag epoxy.

CROSS REFERENCE

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.14/650,672, filed Jun. 9, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,559,276, which is a§371 application of International Patent Application PCT/KR2013/011265filed Dec. 6, 2013, which claims priority to Korean Application No.10-2012-0144393, filed Dec. 12, 2012. All of the foregoing applicationsare hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an LED metal substrate package, moreparticularly to an LED metal substrate package having a heat radiatingstructure and a method for manufacturing same.

BACKGROUND ART

Semiconductor light emitting diode (LED) is receiving attention fromvarious fields as an environment friendly light source. Recently, asapplications of LEDs are expanding to various fields such as interiorand exterior illuminations, automobile headlights, and back-light units(BLU) of display devices, there are needs for high optical efficiencyand excellent heat radiation characteristics. For high efficiency LEDs,materials or structures of the LEDs should be improved primarily,however there is a need for improvement in the structures of the LEDpackages and the materials used therein.

That is, in a high efficiency LED, high temperature heat is produced,therefore this heat must be radiated effectively otherwise temperaturerising on the LEDs causes ageing of the characteristics therebyshortening the lifetime. In high efficiency LED packages, efforts oneffective radiation of the heat produced by the LEDs are makingprogress.

FIG. 1 is an exemplary illustration of a cross-sectional view of anoptical device wherein an optical device chip 40 is mounted inside thecavity 60 of a metal substrate 10 having a vertical insulation layer 20formed therein.

Referring to FIG. 1, the metal substrate 10 having a vertical insulationlayer 20 formed therein can be formed, for example, by verticallycutting a stack into pieces having a predetermined length (width),wherein said stack is formed by alternately stacking (or forming) metalsubstrates and insulation layers. Aluminum, copper, or an alloycomprising at least one of foresaid materials and the like having a goodthermal conductivity and electrical conductivity, may be used as amaterial for the metal substrate 10 having such a vertical insulationlayer 20 formed therein. Further, a cavity 60, having a downwardlynarrowing taper formed by machining or chemical etching and the like, isformed on the upper surface of the metal substrate 10 having a verticalinsulation layer 20 formed therein.

Meanwhile, in order to enhance the reflection property of the lightgenerated from the optical device chip 40, or the bonding property, forexample, a silver-plated layer 30 is formed on the main wall of thecavity 60 and on the upper surface of the metal substrate 10 using ametal plating process such as an electroplating process, an electrolessplating process, or a sputtering process. An optical device chip 40 isbonded on a portion of the upper surface of the silver-plated layer 30inside the cavity 60 using a silver epoxy adhesive.

For an optical device having an above described structure, a silverepoxy has a good electrical conductivity and bonding property, however,the relatively low heat conductivity thereof generates a thermalresistance in a package wherein a high power optical device is mounted.Thereby, the overall heat radiation property of the package is degradedso that the life of the optical device chip 40 is eventually shortened.Moreover, the foresaid problem will be more significant if the opticaldevice chip 40 is an UV optical device which generates more heatcompared to an optical device for a visible light region.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

An objective of the present invention, devised to solve above describedproblems, is to provide an LED metal substrate package and a method formanufacturing same which can implement a heat radiating structurecapable of enhancing the efficiency and the life of an optical devicechip at a low cost.

Solution to Problem

To solve above described problems, a manufacturing method for an LEDmetal package according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention includes the steps of:

forming at least one cavity comprising a concave pit reaching down to apredetermined depth of a metal substrate which is electrically separatedby at least one vertical insulation layer, wherein said at least onevertical insulation layer is accommodated at the bottom thereof;

shadow masking the entire upper surface of the metal substrate using amask except a portion of the upper surface of said metal substrate whichis formed inside of each of said at least one cavity;

removing the oxide layer which is formed on said portion of the uppersurface not covered by said shadow masking;

depositing an electrode layer on each of said portion of the uppersurface where said oxide layer has been removed;

removing said mask;

bonding an optical device chip on said electrode layer by solderingusing a gold-tin (AuSn) alloy soldering layer; and

wire bonding an electrode of said optical device located in one side ofsaid metal substrate with respect to each of said vertical insulationlayer to a portion of said metal substrate located in the other side ofsaid metal substrate with respect to each of said insulation layer.

A manufacturing method for an LED metal package according to anotherexemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of:

forming at least one cavity comprising a concave pit reaching down to apredetermined depth of a metal substrate which is electrically separatedby at least one of vertical insulation layer, wherein said at least onevertical insulation layer is accommodated at the bottom thereof;

shadow masking the entire upper surface of the metal substrate using amask inside said at least one cavity except a portion of each of bothsides of said metal substrate electrically separated by said at leastone vertical insulation layer,

removing the oxide layer which is formed on said portion of the uppersurface not covered by said shadow masking;

depositing an electrode layer on each of said portion of the uppersurface where said oxide layer has been removed;

removing said shadow mask; and

flip-chip bonding an optical device chip on each of said verticalelectrode layer using a gold-tin (AuSn) alloy soldering layer.

A manufacturing method for an LED metal package according to yet anotherexemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of:

forming at least one cavity comprising a concave pit reaching down to apredetermined depth of a metal substrate which is electrically separatedby at least one vertical insulation layer, wherein said at least onevertical insulation layer is accommodated at the bottom thereof;

forming a plating layer by metal plating the upper surface of said metalsubstrate wherein said at least one cavity is formed;

masking a portion of said upper surface of said plating layer which islocated in one side of said metal substrate with respect to each of saidvertical insulation layer, by using a layer mask;

etching an area of said plating layer not masked by said masking so thatsaid plating layer, which is being masked, forms an electrode layer;

removing said layer mask;

bonding an optical device chip on said electrode layer using a gold-tin(AuSn) alloy soldering layer; and

wire bonding an electrode of said optical device located in one side ofsaid metal substrate with respect to each of said vertical insulationlayer to a portion of said metal substrate located in the other side ofsaid metal substrate with respect to each of said vertical insulationlayer.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention asdescribed above, an electrode layer is formed on a portion of a metalpackage comprising aluminum, then an optical device chip is bonded onsaid electrode layer using a gold-tin (Au/Sn) alloy soldering layerhaving excellent heat radiation and bonding properties so that thepackage has a better heat radiation property than the LED metal packageusing a conventional silver (Ag) epoxy, as a result, it has an effectthat the efficiency and the lifetime of the optical device chip can beincreased. Especially the UV LEDs radiate more heat than the visibleLEDs, however, as described in the exemplary embodiments of the presentinvention, by applying gold-tin (Au/Sn) soldering to the metal packagesubstrate comprising aluminum, the heat radiation property of theoptical device chip is enhanced, so that an enhancement effect on theefficiency and the lifetime of an UV LED can be expected.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exemplary illustration of a cross-sectional view of anoptical device wherein an optical device chip 40 is mounted inside thecavity 60 of a metal substrate 10 having a vertical insulation layer 20formed therein.

FIG. 2 is a manufacturing process flow diagram of an LED metal substratepackage according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3a to 3g are the exemplary illustrations of the cross-sectionalviews at each corresponding process step of an LED metal substratepackage being manufactured according to FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary illustration of a cross-sectional view of an LEDmetal substrate package according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary illustration of a cross-sectional view of aflip-chip bonding type LED metal substrate package manufacturedaccording to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary illustration of a cross-sectional view of a flattype LED metal substrate package manufactured according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a manufacturing process flow diagram of an LED metal substratepackage according to another exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIGS. 8a to 8g are the exemplary illustrations of the cross-sectionalviews at each corresponding process step of an LED metal substratepackage being manufactured according to FIG. 7.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, a preferred exemplary embodiment of the present inventionwill be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.In describing the present invention, the detailed description will beomitted when determined that detailed descriptions about: relatedpublicly known functions or configurations, manufacturing process of ametal substrate wherein a vertical insulation layer is formed, andpacking processes after the electrode wire bonding of an optical devicechip, and the like may obscure the gist of the present invention.

First, FIG. 2 is a manufacturing process flow diagram of an LED metalsubstrate package according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, and FIGS. 3a to 3g are the exemplary illustrations of thecross-sectional views at each corresponding process step of an LED metalsubstrate package being manufactured according to FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is anexemplary illustration of a cross-sectional view of an LED metalsubstrate package according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, more particularly, an exemplary illustration of across-sectional view of an LED metal substrate package having a chip onboard (COB) type or a chip on heat-sink (COH) type arrayed structure.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, first, in step S10, a metal substrate 100,wherein at least one vertical insulation layer 110 is formed asillustrated in FIG. 3a , is prepared. Such metal substrate 100 may beformed, for example, by vertically cutting a stack into pieces having apredetermined length (width), wherein said stack is formed byalternately stacking metal substrates and insulation layers, and thereis no limitation in manufacturing such metal substrate 100 having avertical insulation layer 110. Aluminum, copper, or an alloy comprisingat least one of foresaid materials and the like having a good thermalconductivity and electrical conductivity, may be used as a material forthe metal substrate 100 having such a vertical insulation layer 110formed therein. An aluminum substrate having a vertical insulation layer110 may be formed by anodizing the surface thereof, or unlike this, maybe formed by using an insulation film made of synthetic resin material.In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, although a metalsubstrate 100 having one vertical insulation layer 110 is illustrated asshown in FIG. 3a , the present invention may be implemented to a metalsubstrate wherein a plurality of vertical insulation layers 100 isformed as illustrated in FIG. 4.

When a metal substrate 100 is prepared, later in step S12, a cavity 120comprising a concave pit reaching down to a predetermined depth of ametal substrate 100, which is electrically separated by at least one ofvertical insulation layer, is formed as shown in FIG. 3b . Such cavity120 must be formed in a way that at least one vertical insulation layer110 is accommodated at the bottom thereof. Since only one verticalinsulation layer 110 is illustrated in FIG. 3b , accordingly, it isillustrated that one cavity 120 is being formed. However, when aplurality of insulation layers 110 is formed on the metal substrate 100as illustrated in FIG. 4, it will be apparent to a person skilled in theart that a plurality of cavities 120 may be formed suitable for theserial-parallel structure of the optical device chip.

For reference, a cavity 120 is preferably formed to have a downwardlynarrowing taper therein in order to enhance the reflecting property ofthe light. Further, it is preferred that an area wherein an opticaldevice chip 170, which will be described later, is to be mounted, i.e.the right side area with respect to the vertical insulation layer 110,should be formed to have a relatively larger area while the left sidearea with respect to the vertical insulation layer 110 should be formedto have a smaller area. Such cavity 120 may be formed by using amechanical process such as cutting or pressing or a chemical processsuch as etching.

Meanwhile, in step S14, a shadow mask 130 as shown in FIG. 3c is beingfixed in order to form an electrode layer on the bottom surface of saidcavity 120 effectively and precisely. That is, the entire upper surfaceof the metal substrate 100 is shadow masked by using a mask except aportion of the upper surface of the metal substrate 100 which is formedinside of each of said cavity 120. At this time, the foresaid ‘a portionof the upper surface’ defined as and refers to a surface area which isnot masked in order to form an electrode layer which will be describedlater.

After completion of shadow masking process, in step S16, the oxide layerformed on said portion of the upper surface 140 which is not masked instep S14 (FIG. 3d ) is removed. Usually, since re-soldering needs oftenoccurs due to the failure and the like when soldering a chip, it shouldbe capable of being re-soldered up to 3 times. In the first solderingprocess, some amount of the prepared electrode layer is being consumed,and consequently the underlying layer affects the soldering process.Thus, at this time, for example, when an oxide layer exists on aluminum,the adhesion with the soldering material becomes difficult due to theoxide layer. Therefore, the oxide layer is being removed in order toenhance the adhesion strength with the electrode layer and theelectrical conductivity. For reference, when aluminum is exposed in theair a natural oxide layer less than 1 μm is formed thereon. Such naturaloxide layer is preferably being removed in order to enhance the adhesionstrength of the electrode layer which will be described later. Thus, thealuminum oxide layer is being removed in a vacuum using argon gas andthe like with an ion gun apparatus.

In step S18, an electrode layer 150, as shown in FIG. 3e , is vacuumdeposited on each of said portion of the upper surface 140 where themask has been removed using a sputtering method. Aluminum and copperhaving a good electrical conductivity may be used as a material for theelectrode layer 150. The foresaid steps S16 and S18 are performed in achamber wherein an ion gun and a sputtering apparatuses are mixedlyused. An oxide layer is easily formed when removing the oxide layer onaluminum since aluminum is actively reacting with oxygen due to thecharacteristics thereof, therefore the removal of the oxide layer andthe vacuum deposition of the electrode layer 150 must be performed in achamber as vacuum is maintained.

When the vacuum deposition of the electrode layer 150 is accomplished,the shadow mask is being removed as shown in FIG. 3f in step S20. Next,in step S22, an optical device chip 170 is bonded by soldering (eutecticbonding method) using a paste type mixture or a metal alloy typegold-tin (Au/Sn) soldering layer on said electrode layer 150. Throughthese processes, an electrode layer 150 is locally located on the largerarea portion in the right side of the vertical insulation layer 110 asshown in FIG. 3g , a sequentially stacked structure wherein a gold-tin(Au/Sn) soldering layer 160 and an LED optical device chip 170 is formedon the electrode layer 150.

In this way, the bonding of said optical device chip 170 on theelectrode layer 150 which is formed on the larger area portion of themetal substrate 100 formed in the cavity 120 is completed using gold-tin(Au/Sn) soldering layer. Later, one electrode of the optical device chip170 located on the right side metal substrate 100 with respect to saidvertical insulation layer 110 is wire bonded to the metal substrate 110located in the left side of the vertical insulation layer 110 through awire 180, in step S24. In step S26, manufacturing of an LED metalsubstrate package is completed by inserting a sealant material depositedwith a fluorescent material for generating a desired color into thecavity 120 for protecting the optical device chip 170 as the opticaldevice chip 170 is being mounted inside of each cavity 120. Finally, instep S28, the metal substrate 100 is horizontally or verticallyseparated along the cutting line and being coupled with the heat sink.This step S28 may be selectively performed according to the type of themetal substrate package.

As described above, an LED metal substrate package according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention is a useful invention,wherein an electrode layer is formed on a portion of a metal packagecomprising aluminum, then an optical device chip is bonded on saidelectrode layer using a soldering layer made of gold-tin (Au/Sn) havingexcellent heat radiation and bonding properties, which is formedthereon, so that the package has a better heat radiation property thanthe LED metal package using a conventional silver (Ag) epoxy, as aresult, it has an effect that the efficiency and the lifetime of theoptical device chip can be increased.

Meanwhile, in the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 3, a bondingstructure has been described, wherein one electrode of the opticaldevice chip 170 is bonded to the metal substrate 100, which is in theleft side of the vertical insulation layer 110 through the wire-bondingprocess. However, the present invention can also be applied to a metalsubstrate package which adopts a flip-chip bonding method as illustratedin FIG. 5 without any special modification. For this application, afterforming the electrodes 150 on both sides with respect to the verticalinsulation layer 110 respectively, an optical device chip 170 is bondedon each of the electrode layers 150 respectively using a soldering layer160 made of gold-tin (Au/Sn), which is formed thereon.

In other words, after sequentially performing the steps of: forming atleast one cavity 120 comprising a concave pit reaching down to apredetermined depth of a metal substrate 100 which is electricallyseparated by at least one of vertical insulation layer 110, wherein atleast one vertical insulation layer 110 is accommodated at the bottomthereof; shadow masking the entire upper surface of the metal substrateusing a mask inside said cavity 120 except a portion of each of bothsides (large area portion and small area portion) of said metalsubstrate 100 which is electrically separated by said verticalinsulation layer 110, removing the oxide layer which is formed on saidportion of the upper surface not covered by said shadow mask; vacuumdeposition of an electrode layer 150 on each of said portion of theupper surface where said oxide layer has been removed; removing saidshadow mask; and flip-chip bonding of an optical device chip 170 on eachof said electrode layer 150 using a gold-tin (AuSn) alloy solderinglayer, then finally a sealant is injected into each of the cavities,thus manufacturing of an LED metal substrate package can be completed.

Similarly, according to such an LED metal substrate package, electrodelayers 150 are locally formed on both sides with respect to the verticalinsulation layer 110, then an optical device chip 170 is bonded on saidelectrode layer 150 using a gold-tin (Au/Sn) alloy soldering layer 160having excellent heat radiation and bonding properties so that an LEDmetal substrate package having a superior heat radiation property thanthe LED metal package using a conventional silver (Ag) epoxy can beprovided.

Further, in the above described exemplary embodiments, an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention is described assuming a metalsubstrate wherein at least one cavity 120 is formed, however, thepresent invention may also be applied to a flat type LED metal substratepackage wherein no cavity is formed as illustrated in FIG. 6.

In other words, as illustrated in FIG. 6, a flat type LED metal packagemay be manufactured by including the steps of: preparing a metalsubstrate 100 which is electrically separated by at least one ofvertical insulation layer 110; shadow masking the entire upper surfaceof the metal substrate 100 using a mask except a portion located in oneside (for example, right side) of said metal substrate 100 with respectto said vertical insulation layer 110; removing the oxide layer which isformed on said portion of the upper surface not covered by said shadowmask; vacuum deposition of an electrode layer 150 on each of saidportion of the upper surface where said oxide layer has been removed;removing said mask; bonding of an optical device chip 170 on each ofsaid electrode layer 150 using a gold-tin (AuSn) alloy soldering layer;and wire bonding of an electrode of said optical device chip 170 locatedin the one side (right side) of said metal substrate 100 with respect toeach of said vertical insulation layer 110 to a portion of said metalsubstrate 100 located in the other side (left side) of said metalsubstrate 100 with respect to each of said vertical insulation layer110.

Furthermore, when bonding an optical device chip using a flip-chipbonding on a flat type LED metal substrate wherein no cavity is formed,an LED metal package may be manufactured by including the steps of:preparing a metal substrate which is separated by at least one ofvertical insulation layer; shadow masking the entire upper surface ofthe metal substrate using a mask except a portion of each of both metalsubstrates with respect to said vertical insulation layer; removing theoxide layer which is formed on said portion of the upper surface notcovered by said shadow mask; vacuum deposition of an electrode layer oneach of said portion of the upper surface where said oxide layer hasbeen removed; removing said shadow mask; and flip-chip bonding of saidoptical device chip on each of said electrode layer using a gold-tin(AuSn) alloy soldering layer.

All of these LED metal substrate packages can obtain an effect that thepackages have better heat radiation property than the LED metal packageusing a conventional silver (Ag) epoxy, by locally forming an electrodelayer on a metal substrate, and bonding an optical device chip on saidelectrode layer using a soldering layer made of gold-tin (Au/Sn) havingexcellent heat radiation and bonding properties.

FIG. 7 is a manufacturing process flow diagram of an LED metal substratepackage according to another exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, and FIGS. 8a to 8g are the exemplary illustrations of thecross-sectional views at each corresponding process step of an LED metalsubstrate package being manufactured according to FIG. 7. In an LEDmetal substrate package according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention, an electrode layer 150 can be locally formed in thelarge area portion existing in the right side of the vertical insulationlayer 110 as illustrated in FIG. 2, however, an electrode layer 180 canbe formed by etching the plating layer as shown in FIG. 7.

This will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. First, in stepS30, an electrode substrate 100 is prepared, wherein at least onevertical insulation layer 110 is formed as illustrated in FIG. 8a .Detailed description about such metal substrate 100 will be omittedsince it has been sufficiently described in FIGS. 2 and 3. Forreference, although a metal substrate wherein a single verticalinsulation layer 110 is formed is exemplary shown in FIG. 8a , thepresent invention is not limited to this but can be equally applied tothe metal substrate 100 wherein a plurality of vertical insulationlayers 110 is formed as illustrated in FIG. 4.

When a metal substrate 100 is prepared, later in step S32, a cavity 120comprising a concave pit reaching down to a predetermined depth of ametal substrate 100, which is electrically separated by at least one ofvertical insulation layer 110, is formed as shown in FIG. 8b . Suchcavity 120 must be formed in a way that at least one vertical insulationlayer 110 is accommodated at the bottom thereof. Although only onevertical insulation layer 110 is illustrated in FIG. 8b , a plurality ofcavities 120 can be formed suitable for the serial-parallel structure ofthe optical device chip if a plurality of insulation layers 110 isformed on the metal substrate 100.

When forming of the cavity 120 is completed, later in step S34, aplating layer 180 is formed as shown in FIG. 8c by metal plating, forexample, gold or copper plating, of the upper surface of the metalsubstrate 100, which is formed inside the cavity 120. Such metal platinglayer 180 may be formed using a metal plating process such as anelectroplating process, an electroless plating process, or a sputteringprocess. When the plating layer 180 is formed, a portion of the uppersurface of the plating layer 180, which is located on the right sidemetal substrate 100 with respect to the vertical insulation layer 110 asshown in FIG. 8d , is masked in step S36 in order to utilize a portionof the plating layer 180 as an electrode layer. If a flip-chip bondingmethod is adopted, each of a portion of the upper surface of the platinglayer 180, which is located on each of the metal substrates 100respectively located in the left side and right side with respect to thevertical insulation layer 110, is being masked.

Later in step S38, the unmasked area of said plating layer 180 is beingetched away as shown in FIG. 8e so that the plating layer 180, which isbeing masked, forms an electrode layer. Then the mask which is formed onthe electrode layer 180 is removed in step S40.

When the mask is completely removed, is step S42, the optical devicechip 170 is bonded to each of the electrode layers 180 which is locatedin the right side of the vertical insulation layer 110 by solderingusing a gold-tin (AuSn) alloy soldering layer. In here, it is expressedas ‘each of the electrode layers 180’ since a metal substrate, wherein aplurality of cavities 120 is formed, may be assumed.

Meanwhile, when the bonding of the optical device chip 170 to theelectrode layer 180 is completed by using a gold-tin alloy solderinglayer, later the process is proceeded to step S44, wherein one electrodeof said optical device chip 170 which is located on the right side ofthe metal substrate 100 with respect to said vertical electrodesubstrate 110, is wire bonded to the metal substrate 100 which islocated in the left side of the vertical insulation layer 110 using awire 180. When a flip-chip bonding method is used instead of a wirebonding method, the optical device chip 170 is bonded to the electrodelayers, which are formed in the left side and the right side of thevertical insulation layer 110 as shown in FIG. 8g . When the bonding ofthe optical device 170 is completed, manufacturing of an LED metalsubstrate package is completed by inserting a sealant material depositedwith a fluorescent material for generating a desired color into thecavity 120 for protecting the optical device chip 170 as the opticaldevice chip 170 is being mounted inside of each cavity 120. A processstep may further be included for dicing the package into the unitpackages thereof as necessary.

As described above, in an LED metal substrate package according to anexemplary of the present invention, a plating layer is formed on themetal package substrate comprising aluminum, and the entire platinglayer is being etched away except a portion of the plating layer so thata portion of the plating layer is converted to an electrode layer. Andby bonding an optical device chip on said electrode layer using asoldering layer made of gold-tin (Au/Sn) having excellent heat radiationand bonding properties, the package has a better heat radiation propertythan the LED metal package using a conventional silver (Ag) epoxy, andas a result, it has an effect that the efficiency and the lifetime ofthe optical device chip can be increased.

Although in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 7, an exemplaryembodiment wherein an electrode layer is formed by forming a platinglayer on the upper surface of the metal substrate 100, a manufacturingmethod for forming an electrode layer may also be considered wherein theentire surface is masked except a portion of the area for forming anelectrode layer, and only the portion of the electrode layer is plated.In other words, after forming at least one cavity comprising a concavepit reaching down to a predetermined depth of a metal substrate which iselectrically separated by at least one of vertical insulation layer,wherein at least one vertical insulation layer is accommodated at thebottom thereof, the entire upper surface except a portion of the uppersurface of the metal substrate which is formed inside of each of saidcavity, is being masked. Next, an electrode layer is formed by metalplating a portion of the upper surface of the unmasked metal substrate,and the mask is being removed thereafter. Then, a cross-sectional viewof the metal substrate as shown in FIG. 8f can be obtained. Later, afterbonding the optical device chip to each of the electrode layersrespectively using a gold-tin (Au/Sn) alloy soldering layer, anelectrode of said optical device chip located in one side of said metalsubstrate with respect to each of said vertical insulation layer is wirebonded to a portion of said metal substrate located in the other side ofsaid metal substrate with respect to each of said insulation layer.Then, a metal substrate package as shown in FIG. 8g can be obtained.

Meanwhile, although the present invention is described with reference tothe exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings, this is merely anexample, a person of ordinary skill in the art will understand thatvarious modifications and other equivalent exemplary embodiments arepossible therefrom. For example, in the exemplary embodiments of thepresent invention, although exemplary embodiments are described whereina metal substrate is assumed to accommodate one vertical insulationlayer at the bottom of a cavity, the present invention may beimplemented to a metal substrate wherein a plurality of verticalinsulation layers is formed at the bottom of the cavity. Thus, truetechnical protection range of the present invention must be determinedas defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS

-   -   100: metal substrate, 110: vertical insulation layer    -   120: cavity, 150: electrode layer    -   160: soldering layer, 170: optical device chip

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for manufacturing an LED metal packagecomprising: forming at least one cavity comprising a concave pitreaching down to a predetermined depth of a metal substrate which iselectrically separated by at least one vertical insulation layer,wherein said at least one vertical insulation layer is accommodated inthe bottom thereof; shadow masking the entire upper surface of the metalsubstrate using a mask except a portion of the upper surface of saidmetal substrate which is formed inside of each of said at least onecavity; removing the oxide layer which is formed on said portion of theupper surface not covered by said shadow masking; depositing anelectrode layer on each of said portion of the upper surface where saidoxide layer has been removed; and removing said mask.
 2. A method formanufacturing an LED metal package comprising: forming at least onecavity comprising a concave pit reaching down to a predetermined depthof a metal substrate which is electrically separated by at least onevertical insulation layer, wherein said at least one vertical insulationlayer is accommodated in the bottom thereof; shadow masking the entireupper surface of the metal substrate using a mask inside said at leastone cavity except a portion of each of both sides of said metalsubstrate electrically separated by said at least one verticalinsulation layer, removing the oxide layer which is formed on saidportion of the upper surface not covered by said shadow masking;depositing an electrode layer on each of said portion of the uppersurface where said oxide layer has been removed; and removing saidshadow mask.
 3. A method for manufacturing an LED metal packagecomprising: forming at least one cavity comprising a concave pitreaching down to a predetermined depth of a metal substrate which iselectrically separated by at least one vertical insulation layer,wherein said at least one vertical insulation layer is accommodated inthe bottom thereof; forming a plating layer by metal plating the uppersurface of said metal substrate wherein said at least one cavity isformed; masking a portion of said upper surface of said plating layerwhich is located in one side of said metal substrate with respect toeach of said vertical insulation layer, by using a layer mask; etchingan area of said plating layer not masked by said masking so that saidplating layer, which is being masked, forms an electrode layer; andremoving said layer mask.
 4. A method for manufacturing an LED metalpackage comprising: forming at least one cavity comprising a concave pitreaching down to a predetermined depth of a metal substrate which iselectrically separated by at least one vertical insulation layer,wherein said at least one vertical insulation layer is accommodated inthe bottom thereof; masking the entire upper surface of the metalsubstrate using a mask except a portion of the upper surface of saidmetal substrate which is formed inside of each of said at least onecavity; forming an electrode layer by metal plating an unmasked portionof the upper surface of said metal substrate; and removing said layermask.
 5. A method for manufacturing an LED metal package comprising:forming at least one cavity comprising a concave pit reaching down to apredetermined depth of a metal substrate which is electrically separatedby at least one vertical insulation layer, wherein said at least onevertical insulation layer is accommodated in the bottom thereof; forminga plating layer by metal plating the upper surface of said metalsubstrate wherein said at least one cavity is formed; masking a portionof the surface of each of said plating layers located on both sides ofsaid metal substrate separated by said vertical insulation layer withineach cavity using a mask; and removing said layer mask.
 6. A method formanufacturing an LED metal package comprising: preparing a metalsubstrate which is electrically separated by at least one verticalinsulation layer; shadow masking the entire upper surface of the metalsubstrate using a mask except a portion located in one side of saidmetal substrate with respect to said vertical insulation layer; removingthe oxide layer which is formed on said portion of the upper surface notcovered by said shadow masking; depositing an electrode layer on each ofsaid portion of the upper surface where said oxide layer has beenremoved; and removing said mask.
 7. A method for manufacturing an LEDmetal package comprising: preparing a metal substrate which iselectrically separated by at least one vertical insulation layer; shadowmasking the entire surface of the metal substrate using a mask except aportion located in each of both sides of said metal substrate withrespect to said vertical insulation layer; removing the oxide layerwhich is formed on said portion of the upper surface not covered by saidshadow masking; depositing an electrode layer on each of said portion ofthe upper surface where said oxide layer has been removed; and removingsaid mask.
 8. An LED metal package comprising: a metal substrate whereinat least one vertical insulation layer is formed; and an electrode layerwhich is locally formed in one side or both sides with respect to saidat least one vertical insulation layer.